A blog dedicated to the discussion of topics relating to the history of Sandusky and Erie County, Ohio; inspired by the collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center and Follett House Museum. A service of the Sandusky Library.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Vintage Views of Bakeries in Sandusky

Before Amandus Smith, Sr.
co-founded the H and S Modern Baking Company with Edward Hartzel in 1918, he
operated a bakery at Tiffin and Pearl Streets in Sandusky. Pictured below is a photograph of the H and S
Modern Bakery on Hancock Street which was taken in 1920. Eventually
the H and S Modern Baking Company had facilities at 625 Hancock Street, 221
East Monroe Street, and 244 Columbus Avenue. The company also had facilities at
other locations in Sandusky through the years. The H and S Modern Baking
Company continued in business in Sandusky into the early 1950s.

Conrad Frank founded a bakery
business in Sandusky about 1882. After his death, Mrs. Conrad Frank continued
to operate the bakery for thirty-four years, until shortly before she passed
away in 1926.

Check out the loaf of bread from
the Armbruster Bakery, which was in business in Sandusky in the 1920s.

John Armbruster and Sons Bakery was
located at 1614 West Jefferson Street for most of the 1920s in Sandusky.

These are not the only bakeries
that have existed in Sandusky through the years, but unfortunately we do not
have photographs of every historic business in the area. Visit the Sandusky Library to find listings of
bakeries and many other businesses in the Sandusky City Directories, which date
back to 1855.